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Aaron Ramsey’s future is under threat after Wales were ruled out of World Cup qualifiers this month. Mexican The adventure reportedly ends after a family dog mysteriously disappears.
Captain Ramsey has not played wales Since September 2024 due to injury, but the 86-time capped midfielder was included in Craig Bellamy’s squad for games against England and Belgium last month before being withdrawn due to a hamstring problem.
Ramsey was away with his Mexican club Pumas UNAM when the family’s 10-year-old dog approached him. halo A dog went missing near a shelter while wearing a tracking collar.
Ramsey offered a US$20,000 (£15,000) reward for information leading to the missing beagle, but his wife Coleen said on social media on Monday: “We will continue to search but we have to accept that he is likely deceased.”
According to reports in Mexico, Ramsey and Pumas UNAM have mutually terminated his contract since Halo’s disappearance, although neither the player nor the club have yet confirmed the parting.
Pumas boss Efrain Juarez declined to address Ramsey’s situation after last weekend’s game, saying: “Honestly, I think the club will provide information about it in due course.”
Ramsey made surprise move to Mexico after leaving hometown club last summer cardiffWhich he managed for a while at the end of last season, to keep alive his ambition of playing in the 2026 World Cup.
The former Arsenal and Juventus midfielder’s debut was delayed due to his recovery from hamstring surgery in March and he has made only six appearances for the Pumas, three of which have been starts.
Ramsey will now have to find another club for Bellamy to return to the national team.
But time is now against them as Wales prepare to close out World Cup qualifiers in Liechtenstein and home ground North Macedonia this month.
Wales are set to reach the play-offs in March, which will determine whether they are at the World Cup next summer in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Cardiff playmaker Rubin Colville replaces Ramsey in the only change to the initial 26-man squad Bellamy named for the 3-0 friendly defeat to England at Wembley last month and the 4-2 home World Cup qualifying defeat to Belgium.
Tottenham have included captain Ben Davies despite being sidelined through injury in recent weeks.
Fulham forward Harry Wilson is suspended for the trip to Liechtenstein on 15 November, but is available to play against North Macedonia in Cardiff three days later.
wales squad: K Darlow (Leeds), A Davies (Sheff Utd), T King (Everton), B Cabango (Swansea), J DeSilva (Coventry), B Davies (Tottenham), R Cappacio (Cardiff), C Mepham (West Brom), D Lawler (Cardiff), J Rodon (Leeds), N Williams (Nottham Forest), E Ampadu (Leeds), J James (Leicester), on loan. Rennes), J Sheehan (Bolton), J Colville (Cardiff), D Brooks (Bournemouth), S Thomas (Stoke), R Colville (Cardiff), H Wilson (Fulham), N Broadhead (Wrexham), L Cullen (Swansea), M Harris (Oxford), L Koumas (Birmingham, on loan from Liverpool), D James (Leeds), B Johnson (Tottenham), K Moore (Wrexham).